| 100% | PRIVY | 5 | Aware of (with "to") |
| 100% | AWAKES | 6 | Becomes aware of, with "to" |
| 100% | AWOKE | 5 | Became aware of, with "to" |
| 93% | PRIVY | 5 | Aware of a piece of information, with "to" |
| 80% | AVIEW | 5 | With — to (in hopes of) |
| 75% | PERTAIN | 7 | To do with, anagram of repaint |
| 74% | TEEM | 4 | To be full of or swarming with |
| 73% | ACCLAIM | 7 | To applaud, salute with sounds of joy, approval |
| 73% | BARTER | 6 | To trade goods instead of paying with money |
| 73% | INTERVENE | 9 | To come between with the intent of preventing |
| 73% | RETAKE | 6 | To film again, usually with notes of improvement |
| 73% | MARXIAN | 7 | To do with the ideas of Karl Marx |
| 73% | MAYORAL | 7 | To do with the head of the council |
| 73% | ATALOSS | 7 | With "for," unable to think of, as words |
| 73% | PROBONO | 7 | To work with a client free of charge |
| 73% | TAINT | 5 | To damage the quality of (rhymes with "faint) |
| 73% | SPLASH | 6 | To make wet with large drops of water |
| 72% | OWING | 5 | Because of, with "to" |
| 71% | CONCUR | 6 | To agree with or be of the same opinion |
| 71% | SEAR | 4 | To cook the surface of something with high heat |
| 71% | CIS | 3 | Opposite of trans-, with respect to gender |
| 71% | HALL | 4 | Place to deck with boughs of holly |
| 71% | MAXI | 4 | Opposite of "mini-" with regard to skirts |
| 70% | LOAN | 4 | To give, with an expectation of being returned with interest |
| 70% | CEDE | 4 | To give up possession of something, with territory for example |
| 70% | GHOSTOF | 7 | With 32-Across, one subjected to "incessant torture of remorse" |
| 70% | CYMRIC | 6 | Of or having to do with Wales or Welsh culture |
| 70% | XMARKS | 6 | With 40-Across, key to the "map" of this puzzle |
| 70% | ERASE | 5 | To rub out, as with the back of a pencil |
| 70% | CURTAINCALL | 11 | Decision to go with drapes instead of blinds? |